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A witness, not a victim

A Place to StandJimmy Santiago BacaGrove Press, 2001US$24.95 (available at <http://www.amazon.com> REVIEW BY BILL NEVINS Jimmy Santiago Baca loves good food. He has eaten in the finest restaurants of Santa Fe, LA and Europe. He still

War can't stop terrorism

BY NORM DIXON In the aftermath of the horrific obliteration of New York City's landmark World Trade Center towers by terrorists on September 11, the US government is rapidly preparing the ground for a massive military attack — most probably

ISRAEL: Attack on US leaves Israel the winner

BY AHMAD NIMER RAMALLAH — If those responsible for the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, DC, believed they were acting on behalf of the victims of US imperialism, the events of the last few days in the occupied Palestinian territories

A small ugly Satan

Those who have followed the work of Â鶹ӳ»­ Weekly cartoonist Chris Kelly will have observed Prime Minister John Howard evolve from a small ugly man into a small ugly Satan (sorry Satan). Kelly has taken Howard's transition one stage further

Socialist Alliance briefs

Socialist Alliance briefs Speakout supports refugee rights BRISBANE - A speakout on the steps of King George Square on September 14 condemned the federal government's scapegoating of refugees and called for public support for refugees in

And Ain't I a Woman: Why women should protest at the CBF and CHOGM

Why women should protest at the CBF and CHOGM BY MICHELLE BREAR Since the emergence of the anti-corporate movement in Seattle in 1999, women have played an integral role in organising and leading protests against the agendas of imperialist

'No-one is illegal'

BY KEARA COURTNEY SYDNEY — A strong statement of solidarity with the plight of asylum seekers was made on September 9, when 1500 people gathered to condemn the federal government's policy on refugees. The rally was organised by a coalition of

By any means necessary

A Force More Powerful: A Century of Nonviolent ConflictBy Peter Ackerman and Jack DuVallPalgrave, 2000505 pages., $35.00 (pb) REVIEW BY JONATHAN STRAUSS A Force More Powerful tells a lot of history: general strikes, boycotts, demonstrations,

UWS students protest rationalisation

BY PAUL BENEDEK SYDNEY — Students and staff from the Bankstown, Campbelltown and Penrith campuses of the University of Western Sydney rallied outside the vice-chancellor's offices at UWS Penrith on September 11. The action was dubbed UWS11. The

Western Sydney voters reject Labor's racism

BY LISA MACDONALD SYDNEY — The NSW Labor government was punished by voters in the September 8 by-election for the western Sydney seat of Auburn. Labor retained the seat, which it had held with a 17% majority, but suffered an 11% swing against

Race & class in the US: Bush declares permanent war

SAN FRANCISCO - On September 11 I woke up at 5.30am as I normally do before going to work at United Airlines. As I was eating breakfast watching the morning TV news, I was shocked to see a huge hole in the side of one of the two towers of the World

Capitalism's US$1 trillion tech-wreck

BY GREG HARRIS Most people in the world don't have access to a phone. But if they did, and if they spoke 24 hours a day for the whole year, all those conversations could be carried over the world's telephone cables in a few hours. This gives an